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Talking to kids about sex

How does your child get information about sex? Kids these days get their information from a range of sources other than adults, including their friends, magazines and the Internet.
One Australian survey found that the majority of teenagers learn about sex from pornography. The survey “Sex Lives of Australian Teenagers” by author and script-writer Joan Sauer found that 92% of 13/14 year old boys have seen pornography. With hardcore porn now being just a net search away this is hardly surprising.
Teens, in this survey, revealed that while they may know all about the biology of sexuality, what they want more information about is emotional intimacy and the mechanisms of how relationships work.
Talking about sexuality is tricky for parents. With kids being exposed to so much information and images from an early age, it’s te...(sign-up as a member to continue reading this article)

Michael is the author of 9 parenting books, including his new release Tech your kids to SHRUG,Thriving! and the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change it.

His popular parenting columns appear in newspapers and magazines across Australia. He appears regularly on television including Channel 10’s Studio 10, and is a popular & entertaining speaker as well as a frequent columnist for a variety of written media. He also has a regular fortnightly half hour parenting segment on ABC radio Victoria.

Michael has an education background,and holds a Master of Educational Studies with research into what makes healthy families tick. He has conducted over 1,500 parenting seminars over the last two decades.

Michael is married with three adult children who have all successfully flown the parent nest.